Less than a year ago, U.S. law enforcement uncovered a plot by the Islamic Republic of Iran to kill President Donald Trump. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has been conspiring with hitmen to target and gun down Americans on U.S. soil for many years. “That simply won’t be tolerated,” the FBI said when it revealed the plot. Now is the time to ensure these words are matched by deeds.
Not long ago a Jacobin article (re-posted on ZNet) argued that we need more Marxism. To my eyes the tone was if we aren’t Marxist we aren’t materialist, if we aren’t materialist we don’t believe in reality, and if we pay inadequate attention to reality we will chase rainbows and succumb to mis-leadership. Conclusion, we need to be Marxist materialists. As steadily more people become deeply disenchanted, then horrendously horrified, then outstandingly outraged at today’s world, and in response want to do something about it, there will be offers of helpful guidance. Smart people, confident people who have scads of answers, will offer tools to utilize and concepts to employ to make sense of what is happening and of means to make things better. Follow our lead. Sign on with us. Their offer will be helpful if the offered tools and concepts are well suited to the world we face and the tasks we undertake.
The number of nuclear warheads ready for use by nine countries has slightly increased from last year, reaching over 9,600 warheads, according to a Japanese think tank’s report.
Russia, the United States and China remain the world’s three largest countries in terms of the size of their nuclear arsenals. Newsweek has contacted the U.S. Department of Defense, the Chinese Defense Ministry and the Russian Defense Ministry for comment via email.
Located among the sprawling dunes of Israel’s southern desert is a central component of what Avner Cohen calls his country’s “worst kept secret.”
The Negev Nuclear Research Center, officially renamed in 2018 after late Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres and often referred to by the name of the nearby city of Dimona, is widely known to be the complex where Israel first underwent the project to obtain nuclear weapons back in the late 1950s.
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s messy breakup could have long-term ramifications for the Republican Party’s congressional primaries — as well as the Trump administration’s ties to Musk’s companies and his allies.
Still, senior Republicans are confident it won’t disrupt the Republican Party’s central focus this summer: Trump’s tax and spending megabill.
A criminal network smuggling mainly Syrian migrants from Türkiye to Western Europe has been taken down following a coordinated action led by the Bulgarian authorities and supported by Europol.
On 3 June, law enforcement carried out raids in five major cities across Bulgaria under the supervision of the Burgas Prosecutor’s Office. Officers from Greece, Romania and Moldova joined Bulgarian investigators on the ground, with Europol also deployed to support the action. In total, 18 people were arrested, including a high-value target.
Lorsque l’Histoire se fait illusion, l’illusion devient Histoire. Dans ce théâtre mondial où les géants de l’Occident, drapés dans l’armure de la démocratie et du progrès, orchestrent des jeux de pouvoir et d’influence, il semble que l’unique vérité réside dans la manipulation. Derrière les discours enflammés et les gestes grandiloquents des États-Unis, de l’OTAN comme de l’ONU, se cache une structure insidieuse, un empire non pas d’épées et de soldats, mais de promesses non tenues et de visages masqués. Cet «Empire du Bluff» n’est pas fait de fer et de ferveur, mais d’une construction spectrale, où l’apparence et la forme prennent le pas sur la substance. Un empire où, sous l’ombre des grandes puissances, se joue la danse macabre de l’illusion de sécurité et de prospérité. Le monde n’est pas dirigé par des démocraties aux mains tremblantes, mais par des entités financières, froides, cyniques et organisées autour d’intérêts qui se moquent éperdument des peuples, des frontières ou des morts. Car les guerres ne naissent pas d’un coup de folie ou d’un excès de passion nationaliste mais elles sont financées, planifiées, allumées volontairement par des acteurs qui, eux, ne meurent jamais dans les tranchées.
More than half of sub-Saharan Africa’s population lives in fragile and conflict-affected states (FCS)—economies that face profound challenges such as stagnant economic growth, weak institutions, inadequate public services, extreme poverty, war, and forced internal displacement.
For the first time, a march labelled specifically as “anti-immigration” took place in Poland on Saturday, even if the message has often been heard before on the streets of Polish cities, particularly during the annual Independence Day parades held on November 11.
Sources told Afghanistan International that the Taliban have arrested Rahim Sekandar, a prominent supporter of the group on social media.
His detention reportedly followed criticism of a Taliban official’s remarks opposing the participation of Taliban fighters in clashes between militants and Pakistani security forces.